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Clinical validation of the FLIP algorithm and the SAF score in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

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The FLIP algorithm/SAF score, although based on purely morphological grounds, are clinically relevant as they identify patients with distinct clinical and biological profiles of disease severity as well as positive linear trends existed between NASH or severe disease and increasing BMI and HOMA-IR.
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This article is published in Journal of Hepatology.The article was published on 2020-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 45 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Fatty liver & Steatohepatitis.

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Sexual Dimorphism of NAFLD in Adults. Focus on Clinical Aspects and Implications for Practice and Translational Research.

TL;DR: The most prominent sex differences and gaps in NAFLD in humans are discussed, with emphasis on those aspects which are relevant for clinical practice and translational research.
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Liver Fibrosis in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: From Liver Biopsy to Non-invasive Biomarkers in Diagnosis and Treatment

TL;DR: A review of the pathogenic mechanisms of the evolution from isolated steatosis to fibrosis is presented in this paper, which serves as the basis for the subsequent discussion of the current and future diagnostic biomarkers and anti-fibrotic drugs.
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TL;DR: A unified working diagnostic tool for the metabolic syndrome that is convenient to use in clinical practice and that can be used world-wide so that data from different countries can be compared.
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Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: a proposal for grading and staging the histological lesions

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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a spectrum of clinical and pathological severity.

TL;DR: The outcome of cirrhosis and liver-related death is not uniform across the spectrum of nonalcoholic fatty liver, and poor outcomes are more frequent in patients in whom biopsies show ballooning degeneration and Mallory hyaline or fibrosis.
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EASL-EASD-EASO Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

TL;DR: The final purpose is to improve patient care and awareness of the importance of NAFLD, and to assist stakeholders in the decision-making process by providing evidence-based data, which also takes into consideration the burden of clinical management for the healthcare system.
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